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  Hedda Gabler

  Henrik Ibsen

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  Hedda Gabler is a classic play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. Set in the late nineteenth century, the play follows the life of Hedda, a young socialite whose life is filled with endless boredom and longing. As she struggles to find her place in society, Hedda’s inner turmoil is reflected in her desperate attempts to break free of the societal norms that bind her. This emotional journey is filled with suspense and drama, as Hedda’s choices have the power to shape her own destiny. 
  With its timeless themes, Hedda Gabler is one of the most powerful and thought-provoking plays of all time. This edition is based on the 1907 translation by William Archer (1856–1924) and Edmund Gosse (1849–1928).

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  Impure thoughts

  Golnoosh Nour

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  Riotous and fizzing with language, the poetry of Golnoosh Nour boldly explores what it is to be utterly alive and ecstatically, yet complicatedly, in desire. –Richard Scott
  Impure Thoughts is a dizzying dance through impurity's several selves. Half bal masqué, half Grand Guignol, Nour confronts the limits of desire with an almost uncanny intensity of focus. Even at their most tender and elegiac these poems tremble with the white-hot heat of libidinal energy and gleam with oracular fury. –Fran Lock

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  The Poetry of Shakespeare

  William Shakespeare

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  A collection of Shakespeare's poetry including A Lover's Complaint, The Passionate Pilgrim, and a selection from The Sonnets. Read by Sir John Gielgud, Dame Edith Evans, Robert Donat, Anthony Quayle and Claire Bloom.

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  Oscar Wilde: Lady Windemer's Fan

  Oscar Wilde

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  Lady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman is a four-act comedy by Oscar Wilde, first produced 22 February 1892 at the St James's Theatre in London. The play was first published in 1893. Like many of Wilde's comedies, it bitingly satirizes the morals of Victorian society, particularly marriage. The story concerns Lady Windermere, who discovers that her husband may be having an affair with another woman. She confronts her husband but he instead invites the other woman, Mrs Erlynne, to his wife's birthday ball. Angered by her husband's unfaithfulness, Lady Windermere leaves her husband for another lover. Or does she? Is it really possible to trust delicious gossip? Are all men really bad? These and many other questions are raised and if not answered, then held up for public scrutiny in this biting satire of morals and proper behavior. The best known line of the play sums up the central theme: We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. —Lord Darlington (from Wikipedia and the reader)

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  The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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  "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is a narrative poem written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. It was first published in 1798 as part of Coleridge's collection of poems titled "Lyrical Ballads," which he co-authored with William Wordsworth. The poem is one of the most famous works in English literature and is known for its vivid imagery, supernatural elements, and exploration of themes such as guilt, redemption, and the natural world.

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  Selected Poems of Emma Lazarus

  Emma Lazarus

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  Emma Lazarus was born in 1849 in the city of New York. She began writing and translating poetry as a teenager. In 1866, her father privately printed her first work in and the next year saw her first collection, Poems and Translations published by a commercial press. Lazarus was one of the first successful and highly visible Jewish American authors. She wrote the sonnet "The New Colossus" in 1883. It's lines were engraved on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty in 1903.

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